In recent times, there has been an increasing commercialization of the shea butter industry, due to the growing demand for shea butter by pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries (ADROIT Market Research 2019; GEPA 2019). In northern Ghana, several interventions have targeted poverty among rural women by focusing on the shea butter...

The increased participation of women in the labor market and the persistence of social expectations governing gender roles have sharpened the focus on the distribution of household and care work in social and labor policy debates.1 The unequal division of household and care work and the attempts by women to...

Formed in 2007, Food Plant Solutions Rotary Action Group (FPS) creates science-based educational materials, which: identify highly nutritious local food plants, explain how to grow them in a sustainable, agroecological way, detail the nutritional value of the plants and describe why human bodies require those nutrients. The resources created by FPS allows people to better...

The 2020 report on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the Asia and Pacific region, provides an update on progress towards the 2030 targets (SDGs and WHA) at the regional and country level. Selected indicators look at undernourishment, food insecurity, childhood stunting, wasting and overweight, adult overweight, child...

En este documento se presentan medidas implementadas por los Gobiernos de América Latina y el Caribe para atender la situación de las mujeres durante la pandemia por COVID-19. La información comenzó a recopilarse a muy pocos días de declarada la pandemia a nivel mundial. En el marco de la reunión...

Em meio a uma profunda crise ampliada pela COVID-19 e com o retorno do Brasil ao mapa da fome, para qualquer região que você olhe há movimentos populares do campo e da cidade criando redes de solidariedade e de comercialização para garantir comida de verdade na mesa dos brasileiros. Se...

El 15 de agosto de 2021, la Federación Agraria Argentinaa (FAA) cumplió 109 años de vida. En la semana del aniversario, elaboró, publicó y difundió a través de sus redes y medios de comunicación, informes, artículos de opinión (escritos por los integrantes del Consejo Directivo Central de la entidad y...

Marilyn Gede has spent the last six decades surrounded by the South Pacific, but she had never seen the wonders of what lay underwater. She lives in a community that is responsible for managing the Arnavon Islands, the Solomon Island’s first national park. These four tiny islands are biodiversity hotspots,...

"Mujeres con derecho a la tierra y el territorio" es una serie de 16 capítulos en español y quechua, que busca empoderar a las mujeres indígenas en el ejercicio de sus derechos. Es una producción de la Asociación Servicios Educativos Rurales - SER, con el apoyo de Pan para el...

La guía Avanzando con Igualdad proporciona un conjunto de preguntas, respuestas, medios y herramientas para que el personal de la FAO, y socios de la organización, puedan integrar las cuestiones de género como parte del compromiso compartido por la igualdad de género y el empoderamiento de las mujeres, a la...

"Mujeres con derecho a la tierra y el territorio" es una serie de 16 capítulos en español y quechua, que busca empoderar a las mujeres indígenas en el ejercicio de sus derechos. Es una producción de la Asociación Servicios Educativos Rurales - SER, con el apoyo de Pan para el...

Este número de LEISA revista de agroecología –que traduce del inglés artículos publicados previamente en Farming Matters 36(1)– pone de relieve cómo perspectivas como el feminismo interseccional y las cosmologías indígenas, junto con la agroecología, han estado transformando nuestra economía y nuestra sociedad. Estos conocimientos proporcionan lecciones pertinentes para la...

A cartilha "Mulheres do Cerrado: construindo resistências" é parte de um conjunto de materiais lançados como iniciativa da Articulação de Mulheres do Cerrado. Esses materiais reúnem saberes tradicionais, conteúdos formativos e místicos a partir das vozes de mulheres cerradeiras, que são múltiplas e plurais.  Esta cartilha é um dos muitos produtos...

Out of a population of over 160 million in Bangladesh, approximately 107 million people live in rural areas. Of them, at least 50 million are women and girls. They form the backbone of the rural economy, working tirelessly—often 16 hours a day—for the well-being of their families, as per research....

L'Objectif 5 des Objectifs de développement durable (ODD) «Parvenir à l’égalité des sexes et autonomiser toutes les femmes et les filles», connu sous le nom d'objectif spécifique pour l’égalité entre les sexes (stand-alone gender goal), reconnaît le rôle fondamental des femmes dans la lutte contre la pauvreté, ainsi qu’en matière...

Climate change presents a grave and growing threat to the productivity and resilience of smallholder farming systems, impacts on which are already being felt in Pacific Island nations. Climate information plays a critical role in adaptation to these threats. Yet its accessibility and use may differ dramatically between groups of...

In Kurigram district of Bangladesh, a women-headed, community-based organisation is training rural women and extending support to deal with Covid-19 and monsoon floods. Md Fahad Hossain reports. This is the thirty-fifth in the series of stories from Voices from the Frontline initiative by ICCCAD and CDKN. Kurigram, located in the northwest region,...

For many family farms, migration is one strategy for reducing poverty and vulnerability to both natural hazards and economic risk. While more men typically migrate to work, the implications of this on the household are inconclusive, especially for the women who remain on the farms. This study employs a gender...

Women farmers, especially female peasant and family farmers are pivotal to build back better food systems. 60% of the world’s food is produced by smallholders on 30% of the global agricultural surface. 50%-80% of this food, depending on the country and region, is produced by women.  SWISSAID and partners launched a qualitative...

Un sistema alimentario justo, transformador y equitativo en relación con el género es aquel que permite a los países, comunidades, hogares, y a los hombres y mujeres, contar con lo necesario para producir y tener acceso suficientes alimentos para sus familias y poblaciones a través de procesos sostenibles, positivos para...